Category: Best of the Bestiary

Lore: Rulers of Ruin Residing in the ruins of desert civilizations, lamias take all that has been vanquished and makes it the heart of their tyrannical rule. They rely on jackalweres to perform various tasks, like kidnapping slaves or stealing treasure, under the concealment of their magic. They’ll use those stolen goods to decorate their…

They invent their own gods… the very definition of insanity. Sabal Mizzrym of Menzoberranzan Whoever at Wizards of the Coast wrote that was swinging hard with that one. Lore: Devout Fish, Bad Fish Once, the kuo-toa lived on the surface. Humans drove them beneath the ground, where they lost their minds and their taste for…

A kraken dreams of casting its tentacles into the heavens and strangling that which birthed it, and when its dream exceeds its reach, it settles for the occasional passing ship. From ‘Night of the Kraken Cult’ by Malfeore Serrange, Pirate-Mage of Tethyr Here we go, ladies and germs. It’s time for a big one. Quite…

Time for everyone’s favorite starter enemy! Aside from goblins. Or zombies. Or… you know what, never mind. Lore: The Dragon Sworn Servants and worshippers of dragons, kobolds can usually be found in a dragon’s lair, gathering treasure for their own tiny hordes. They mature quickly, mate quickly, and die quickly. In order to make up…

If you hear a baby crying in an alley, walk the other way. That’s my advice to you. Endroth Knag, City Watch Corporal in Waterdeep Well. That’s a surprisingly creepy tone-setter. Lore: Banished From the Sky Wandering vagabonds, the kenku exist purely to sate their greed. They move as silently and softly as the wind…